Böcker av Mark Sandle

A fresh interpretation of 'the man who ended the Cold War'.

Has communism shaped the contemporary world? This overview of the history of communism challenges us to think about its role in shaping the contemporary world. It shows how the modern communist movement emerged out of radical millenarian movements of the Middle Ages and the English Civil War, becoming a mass movement of industrial society.

An introductory survey of the changing character of Soviet socialism since the 1917 revolution, which provides an ideological perspective on the collapse of the Soviet Union and the failure of "perestroika".